COMMANDER TASK UNIT SEVEN
POINT THRE* POINT SIX
U.S.S. LSM 250
c/o Fleet Post Office
Sen Francisco, Celifornia
File No.
CTU .3.5/A9
19 April 1948
Serial: 0018
Farry Island telephone cables were also laid
with LCM's.
In leying the type 104 cable in
deeper water with LOM's some difficulty was
originally encountered.
To avoid straining
the cable, which is unarmored and has rather
low tensile strength a relatively low laying
tension was employed.
Upon reaching depths
exceeding 10 fathoms it was found that the
cable was paying out faster than the LCM was
progressing, and considerably more cable was
being used than should be necessary.
This
condition was remedied by the use of rope
stoppers, which proved an effective means
of controlling tension on the smooth rubber
jacketed cable.
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Section VII
This method should not be